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The problem is no human can simply give up a fentanyl addiction in a day or two. It takes MONTHS of hard work and support. One does not simply stop doing hard drugs and get into housing immediately. Solutions should be created and implemented by people that understand the underlying problems. We should be emulating countries like Portugal that have working systems. Instead we get braindead politicians creating the rules who have no idea what these people are going through or they want to create a system that will fail so we can go back to the failed war on drugs.
Oh, agreed, but the problem in Oregon is that UNLIKE Portugal, it's all carrot and no stick. We decriminalized all drugs, which created a human interest disaster, with absolutely zero incentive for then to get treatment.
The way it "works" now is if you get caught with drugs it's a $100 ticket. That ticket is waived if you call a toll free number and seek treatment. You don't have to actually ENTER treatment, all you have to do is call the number.
16,000 people ticketed, 136 called the number. Genius. I guess those $100 tickets make great toilet paper.
Portugal can actually force people into treatment. That can't happen here.